Social Interaction Quotes

• If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.

  Timothy Leary

  Inspiring, People, Want

  "Changing My Mind, Among Others". Book by Timothy Leary, 1982.

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• Successful cult memes induce intense social interaction behaviour between cult members. This trips the attention detectors.

  Keith Henson

  Successful, Behaviour, Attention

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• A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

  Daniel Dennett

  Children, Islands, Empathy

  "Daniel Dennett: 'I don't like theory of mind". Interview with Carole Jahme, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.

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• I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!

  John Hughes

  Taste In Music, Causes, Outcast

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• When playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving. So, both Facebook and theatre provide contrived settings that provide the illusion of social interaction.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Theatre, Roles, Way

  "Jesse Eisenberg: Privacy settings engaged". Interview with Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2010.

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• Meaning is made in conversation, reality is created in communication, and knowledge is generated through social interaction.... Language is the vehicle through which we create our understanding of the world.

  Diana Whitney

  Communication, Reality, Understanding

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• We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.

  Robert Fulghum

  Names, Together, Dull

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• Energy is contagious: either you affect people or you infect people.

  T. Harv Eker

  People, Energy, Contagious

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jul 29, 2013

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• What we do for others has a direct impact on how we feel about ourselves.

  Simon Sinek

  Impact, Feels, Direct

  Twitter post from Mar 30, 2012

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• Community connectedness is not just about warm fuzzy tales of civic triumph. In measurable and well-documented ways, social capital makes an enormous difference in our lives...Social capital makes us smarter, healthier, safer, richer, and better able to govern a just and stable democracy.

  Robert D. Putnam

  Life, Change, Differences

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• We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

  Sherry Turkle

  Friendship, Technology, Creating

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• I hope that social interaction will still exist in the future. Technology has become a way of mediating human interaction, coming in between old-fashioned phone calls and face-to-face chitchat. Not sure where it'll end up.

  Khalil Gibran Muhammad

  Technology, Phones, Way

  Source: www.theroot.com

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  Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

  Carl Jung

  Relationship, Leadership, Spiritual

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

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• If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be able to get along with other people.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Life, Love Yourself

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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  Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.

  Bob Marley

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Family Practice" by Leigh Roche, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 12, 2015.

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• If you treat people with dignity, respect and friendliness, you can turn enemies into friends. An enemy is nothing but a friend in disguise.

  Ted Turner

  People, Enemy, Dignity

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• Strive to make every person feel special. After all, every person you meet is made in the image of God.

  Joel Osteen

  God, Christian, Religious

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• Every time we interact with another person at work, we have a choice to make: do we try to claim as much value as we can, or contribute value without worrying about what we receive in return?

  Adam Grant

  Appreciation, Time, Worry

  Adam Grant (2013). “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success”, p.12, Penguin

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• Not every person is going to understand you and that's okay. They have a right to their opinion and you have every right to ignore it.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Life, Attitude

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• One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.

  Dale Carnegie

  Winning, People, Becoming

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How To Win Friends and Influence People”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live well with others, developing thoughtfulness, and fostering effective self-expression and communication. Civility includes courtesy, politeness, mutual respect, fairness, good manners, as well as a matter of good health. Taking an active interest in the well-being of our community and concern for the health of our society is also involved in civility.

  P. M. Forni

  Respect, Nice, Communication

  "Einstein Was a Mensch" by David Sable, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 21, 2013.

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• It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Relationship, Confidence, Self Esteem

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• Encourage everyone you meet with a smile or compliment. Make them feel better when you leave their presence and they will always be glad to see you coming.

  Joyce Meyer

  Inspirational, Smile, Encouraging

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• The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.

  Deepak Chopra

  Spiritual, Being Yourself, Command And Control

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.13, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• When we tell our own story, we teach the values that our choices reveal, not as abstract principals, but as our lived experience. We reveal the kind of person we are to the extent that we let others identify with us.

  Marshall Ganz

  Inspirational, Kindness, Choices

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